NASA New Horizons Probe

Webb telescope detects traces of carbon dioxide on the surface of Pluto's largest moon

NASA's Webb Space Telescope has identified new clues about the surface of Pluto's largest moon. It detected for the first time traces of carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the surface of Charon, which is about half Pluto's size.

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NASA: New detection on Pluto’s largest moon

NEW YORK (AP) — NASA’s Webb Space Telescope has identified new clues about the surface of Pluto’s largest moon. It detected for the first time traces of carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the surface of Charon, which is about half Pluto’s size.

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NASA's Webb telescope detects traces of carbon dioxide on the surface of Pluto's largest moon

Previous research, including a flyby from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft in 2015, revealed that the moon's surface was coated by water ice. But scientists couldn't sense chemicals lurking at ...

NASA spacecraft has roamed billions of miles — but hasn't reached the 'edge'

If it does survive the trek into interstellar space, it won't be the first to get there. Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, both ...

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Just how dark is the universe? NASA's New Horizons probe gives us best estimate yet

It's a deceptively simple question that has puzzled astronomers since the 1960s. Now, thanks to data from NASA's New Horizons probe, they have arrived at the best-yet estimate of how dark — or ...

New Kuiper Belt objects lurk farther away than we ever thought

In the outer reaches of the Solar System, beyond the ice giant Neptune, lies a ring of comets and dwarf planets known as the ...

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